Category: Episode Recaps
In Episode 106 of Songs That Don’t Suck, Mark Bradbourne goes prog-head over Dream Theater’s Parasomnia, explores a rabbit hole of Aussie guitar rock, and spotlights five new tracks worth your ears—from Sahaji’s Lennon-inspired uplift to The Corvids’ Radiohead-style debut. 🎶🔥
Mark Bradbourne returns with a vinyl-centric episode of Songs That Don’t Suck, celebrating Gen Z’s surprising vinyl habits and spotlighting five killer tracks from Vienna Vienna, Couch, Luke Spiller, Rabidology, and The Head and the Heart. Analog love + sonic variety = perfection. 🎶🧡
In Episode 104 of Songs That Don’t Suck, Mark Bradbourne drops a fiery social media cleanse, raves about Last.fm, and introduces five top-tier indie tracks from The IDKs, JohnnySwim, Telecom, Floodlights, and Big Society. Fresh finds, heartfelt rants, and all-killer-no-filler commentary. ⚡🧠
In this week’s special themed episode of Songs That Don’t Suck, Mark Bradbourne dives into year-end data from Luminate and Chartmetric while exploring five incredible tracks that master the art of musical space. Featuring Alexander Biggs, Lucy Dacus, The Weather Station, The Rumjacks w/ Dropkick Murphys, and Shade. 🎶✨
Mark Bradbourne fires up another bold episode of Songs That Don’t Suck with hot takes on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s identity crisis, plus four killer tracks from Elijah Elias, Duller, The Cold Stares, and Yam Haus. From power pop to bluesy riff-rock, this episode is for true music obsessives. 🎙️⚡
Season 3 of Songs That Don’t Suck kicks off with host Mark Bradbourne digging into Spotify’s sketchy tactics, unveiling a genius backup plan for slow music weeks, and spotlighting five killer tracks from The Darkness, Royal Republic, Dead Pony, Ace Monroe, and Kate Leary. Oh—and he totally schools Rolling Stone. 🎧🔥
In Episode 100—the Season 2 finale of Songs That Don’t Suck—Mark Bradbourne hosts the 2024 Don’t Suckie Awards! He reflects on his year of music discovery, concert adventures, and announces the winners across rock, folk, indie, metal, pop, country, and unicorn genres. 🎉🏆🎶
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In Episode 98 of Songs That Don’t Suck, Mark Bradbourne explores the booming value of global music copyrights, blasts the rise of “fake music” and AI streaming scams, and shares five emotionally raw singer-songwriter tracks—including returning favorites and a standout from Joy Oladokun. 🎙️📈🧠
In Episode 97 of Songs That Don’t Suck, Mark Bradbourne breaks down Rick Wakeman’s searing critique of the modern music industry, pushes back against AI-generated “art,” and shares five killer tracks—from alt-country gems to California blues rock and gritty indie honesty. 🧠🎶💿